Lock Down Bear Hunt 2020

The family of knitted jointed bears are sitting on the front window still during the Lock Down for the Covid-19 virus. The street is very quiet because the people have been told to stay in their homes. The country, New Zealand is on Alert 4 for four weeks. People are allowed to walk their dogs and go and buy their groceries from the local supermarket.

One morning the bus stops at the bus stop which is visible to the bears. When the bus pulls away they can see a bear, like themselves, has got off the bus.. The bear is not walking away but is looking around.

Father Bear tells his family he going to climb out the open window and go over to the bear. At the bus stop Father Bear asks the bear what is she doing at the bus stop. The bear answers that she is looking for an address she has been given. The address she has been given is where the bear family live. The Father Bear is very surprised but invites her back to the house.

Father bear explains that Covid-19 virus is spreading at an alarming rate and asks her to read the poster. The other bears keep their distance.

Father bear explains to her she will have to go into isolation for fourteen days if she wants to stay with them.

She, Violet, agrees to be in isolation for fourteen days. The bear family feed her and help if they can.

Violet is out of lock down and will spend the night in a bed. I am sure she will have a good sleep tonight.

In the morning Violet wakes and finds a chest has been placed by her bed.

She climbs out of bed and opens the chest. “Oh! My clothes” Violet exclaims. Mother bear did tell Violet last night that she would put her clothes in her bedroom during the night so they would be there for her to put on in the morning.

Violet quickly dresses and finds they fit her perfectly.

She goes outside to have her photo taken with the other bears. The bear on the right is cousin Sam, who has been staying with the bear family because he was too late to catch the last bus before Lock down, to Auckland. When lock down is over he shall be going home to Auckland.

While they are together they have their photo taken again with the poppies to remember their ancestors who went to fight in the war. Anzac Day will be on the 25th April 2020 during the Lock down level 4.

Editor's Note: These knitted bears are the bears that have appeared on We are going on a Bear Hunt NZ on Facebook during Lock down for Covid-19 virus.

Lock down March/April 2020

The rabbits at K. C. Bunnyborough have heard about the Covid-19 virus that is spreading around the world. Mr Know asks all the rabbits to meet and read the poster with the Covid-19 information on. Mrs Lemon stays home with her boys and Mrs Know will visit and tell her what the poster says. 

                                              

The next day Mrs Know goes to Mrs Lemon's home and tells her what was on the poster. Mrs Know invites her to the school at 3pm where there will be a meeting to discuss what they should do.

At 3pm the adult rabbits meet at the school for a discussion on Covid-19. They have heard that the humans are going into alert 3 for 2 days and the alert 4 for 4 weeks. The rabbits decide to do the same. The school will be closed and there will be no gatherings of groups. Families are to stay on their own sections.

 Mr Dot has agreed to supply each household with one pizza each day.

 If any of the rabbits have surplus vegetables they are to take them to twin trunks and leave them there. Any rabbit can take what vegetables they need. They must keep two metres in distance from each other and not to visit other homes.

The K. C. Bunnyborough Health Care Centre can be contacted any time it is necessary. There was no Covid-19 at K.C. Bunnyborough and Doctor Kiwi has said that the rabbits and other animals and birds are unlikely to get it (June 2020).

When Lock down finished the rabbits notice that the rat’s home has not been lived in for a few months so they have presumed that they have gone to live near the river where the mice are living.

Update 2019

The mouse family decided to leave K. C. Bunnyborough and go back to live with their friends along the river. Ingrid also left to go and live with her boyfriend who lives in another area.

 Grandfather and Grandmother Cottontail  left K. C. Bunnyborough to go back to United Kingdom and are now living with family members. They had their car and caravan shipped over and both have arrived safely.

Mr and Mrs White with baby Gwen have move to a city where Mr White is teaching music. Pink Nose and Terry Tan are living in their house.

There wasn’t enough work to keep Nurse Emily at K. C. Bunnyborough so she is now working in a big hospital and is finding it very challenging.

Fiona is still living at a boarding school and her mother has told Mr and Mrs Blue that she will not be coming to stay at K. C. Bunnyborough anymore because she, mother,  has a stable job and rental unit that Fiona will be spending the holidays with her in the future.